Figurine Fragment

39-30-188

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 39-30-188
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha
Culture Area Central American
Locus Kanihab, sub-floor cache
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Pottery headdress fragments. From seated figure, possibly Tzultaca, the Corn God. Obverse in low relief; snake jaw, snake fangs, St. Andrew crosses, etc.

Credit Line American Philosophical Society / University Museum Guatemalan Expedition, Mary Butler, 1939

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